The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 21, 2008

EMPLOYMENT
Sops for 1 lakh private sector jobs for disabled
Kakinada, Jan. 20 The Union Government has approved a plan to provide one lakh jobs for physically disabled in the private sector, with an allocation of Rs 1,800 crore to be spent in the Eleventh Plan. The funds will be used on provident funds ... More

CEMENT
Pak cement imports via road route soon
Facelift for Attari customs station More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
‘Pay Commission ruling only for Superintendents in Govt’
Can’t be automatically applied to autonomous boards: Court More

ECONOMY
AP claims economic growth surpasses national trend
9.83% growth despite global pressure, natural calamities More

ENVIRONMENT
BA’s green initiatives
British Airways has launched new green initiatives to intensify its work in limiting aviation’s impact on carbon change. The new carbon offset scheme unveiled by the airline is backed by projects which include Mahasamund power plant in ... More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Duty cut on 539 items under pact with Singapore
New Delhi, Jan. 20The Finance Ministry has cut customs duty on 539 items as part of an agreed tariff elimination package under the comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) with Singapore. Official sources said that the duty ... More

No excise exemption for ‘peripheral activity’
New Delhi, Jan 20 The Centre has excluded industrial units undertaking “peripheral activities” from the excise duty exemption offered to industrial units based in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. These include units involved in ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
CII signs pacts with UK cos
New Delhi, Jan. 20 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has signed two pacts with UKSkills and i2india Holdings, focusing on skills and innovation, on the occasion of the visit of the British Prime Minister, Mr Gordon Brown, to ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Sri City developing 5,000-acre SEZ near Chennai
Will focus on manufacturing and engineering industries More

Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor incorporated
New Delhi, Jan. 20 The Government has incorporated the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) that would be the nodal agency for building the country’s first 1,483-km-long industrial corridor.In the ... More

SSI
Karur tops in khadi sales
The Karur district has topped the State in sale of Khadi products during the recent Deepavali special sales logging a turnover of Rs 1.08 crore, according to the Collector, Mr T.N. Venkatesh. The sales exceeded the previous year’s by Rs 40 ... More

EDUCATION
Resistance in Govt to new ideas, says Pitroda
New Delhi, Jan. 20 The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has said that there is resistance in the Government to new ideas in the education field. “There is still resistance at various levels in the Government to new ideas, ... More

DAE varsity road show
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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Bengal verdict on Singur
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KNITWEAR & HOSIERY
AEPC to set up knitwear technology mission
Sakthivel to head panel that is to be headquartered in Tirupur More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
TRAI to seek views on access deficit charges
Kolkata, Jan. 20The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will float a consultation paper on Monday (January 21), inviting opinion on whether the “sunset clause” on the Access Deficit Charge (ADC) should be invoked by March 31 and ... More

EVENTS
In discussion
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
EEPC to hold 12 reverse buyer-seller meets across 8 locations
Move to benefit small and medium enterprises More

Wagon shortage slows exports
Shortage of Railway wagons and berthing delays at the ports are believed to have slowed down exports of soyameal. Reports have it that an estimated 1.5 lakh tonnes of exports are lying at various ports awaiting shipments and another 1.5 lakh ... More